The media are not covering this story despite the FBI agent in the emails saying that most of the information has been confirmed. If the allegations are true Menendez could be prosecuted under the 2003 PROTECT ACT making travel and having sex with minors knowingly or not a federal offense with up to 30 years in prison.

DOCUMENTS published online for the first time Thursday indicate that the FBI opened an inquiry into New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez on August 1, 2012, focusing on repeated trips he took to the Dominican Republic with longtime campaign contributor and Miami eye doctor Salomon Melgen. TheDC reported in November that Menendez purchased the service of prostitutes in that Caribbean nation at a series of alcohol-fueled sex parties.

The documents, which The Daily Caller had obtained hours earlier from an anonymous source, also indicate that Carrie Levine, research director at Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), was alerted on April 9, 2012 to Menendezs habit of paying for sex while outside the United States.

The media has completely different standards for coving Democrat scandals. They mostly don’t. If a Democrat gets caught doing something illegal...and the story gets enough legs where the msm has no choice...they won’t mention the political party of the culprit...or they will present as...”nothing much to see here, move on”.

Well, it's not like he did something truly heinous, like write things about women in his diary, amd needs to be drummed from Congress and from the human race for it. The days of Bob Packwood seem like another lifetime. Tha's the last time that I can recall the Demonrats pretending to be appalled at sexual shenanigans. Now, it's nobody's business if Barney Frank's boytoy runs a sodomite brothel from Frank's house, or the Leader of the Free World gets a bj in the Oval Office (at least Clinton felt compelled to lie about it, these days I don't think he'd bother, he'd just say it's his private life and not the business of the citizens), or Anthony Weiner sending pics of his thimble to women he hardly knows.

I don't go for this "it's my private life and nobody's business" stuff. Sexual shenanigans speak to character, or lack thereof.

Response: Of course he is sleeping with underage girls and boys. In addition, he has access to the finest wines and drugs at no charge to him. He has made millions in cash just by being in office. He waxes fat by way of $1,000 dollar meals. AFTER ALL HE IS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE!

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posted on 01/26/2013 9:15:46 AM PST
by AEMILIUS PAULUS
(It is a shame that when these people give a riot)

If it’s good enough for mere bodyguards of the ‘Resident in the White Hut I suppose it’s good enough for a senator. Sexual shenanigans seem to have become par for the course amongst politicians and their circle.

He didnt sleep with underage girls. He statutorily raped them.
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That may be true in the US but is that accurate for the Dominican Republic? And why do we care... If the Dominican Republic doesn’t prosecute why do we get involved?

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posted on 01/26/2013 9:55:06 AM PST
by Neidermeyer
(I used to be disgusted , now I'm just amused.)

There are European airlines (Lauda Air and others) that make all their profits off of flights to Thailand that are heavily advertised on the underage sites and magazines... I understand that we have treaties but I don’t see where we should get involved. Let those countries file a complaint against our citizens , arrest them and keep them in Thailand/Dominican rep. etc. Our role should be to stand aside and let THEIR law enforcement do their job.

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posted on 01/26/2013 10:27:03 AM PST
by Neidermeyer
(I used to be disgusted , now I'm just amused.)

Reality check. Sex tourism is illegal and particularly with children it is prosecuted.

The FBI maintains offices in many foreign countries now to bring our offenders back to the US with less fuss. Look for missionary blogs from poorer asian countries and the topic of child brothels and the effort to rescue the kids comes up a lot.

Here is one: http://ratanakmissions.blogspot.com/?m=1

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posted on 01/26/2013 10:32:55 AM PST
by MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)

With Kerry moving to Secretary of State, Menendez is in line to become Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, thereby bringing a whole new meaning to that title. What a laughing stock. You can’t make this stuff up.

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posted on 01/26/2013 10:58:59 AM PST
by Reo
(the 4th Estate is a 5th Column)

And why do we care... If the Dominican Republic doesnt prosecute why do we get involved?

Care? Perhaps sex with underage girls is OK by you but not by me. I want the scumbag out of Senate. If these allegations are true I doubt this NJ democrat will survive this. I don't think NJ will let it ride.

Perhaps your point is ... legally ... why is the FBI involved? I'll defer to others on the law.

I say leave him alone and let him embarrass (and shame) himself and the party. Fly the ‘victims’ to the U.S. and let us all see firsthand who he was doing it with. Our chances of keeping the seat 2 years after Christie appoints a replacement seem unlikely-another opportunity for Cory Booker to keep the seat forever.

“First, theres nothing illegal here. He didnt violate any US law that I can see.”

That's quite interesting, for a variety of reasons. If a pharmaceutical company did clinical trials in another country that allowed experimentation on patients without full informed consent, and thus was not breaking a law in that country, they would be nailed to the cross here (rightfully so), no matter what the letter of the law says. The news media would be all over it, incessantly, until heads rolled. I don't care if he didn't break any US laws. This identifies him as a predator with no well-defined ethical core. Situation ethics are to some extent worse than no ethics. At least the unethical person who acts that way all the time, non-contextually, is consistent.

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